Converse of object

• undergo: Patients who had incomplete responses were advised to undergo an immediate radical cystectomy.

• have: I have heard of a lady whose brother is going to have a cystectomy ( his bladder only holds about 100 ml ).

• recommend: Patients must be followed closely and cystectomy recommended for those with an initial incomplete response after initial therapy or recurrent high risk disease.

Adjective modifier

• radical: Radical cystectomy remains one of the most effective methods of control of invasive bladder cancer.

• partial: Partial cystectomy may be required to ensure complete tumor eradication.

• ovarian: As the pain did not settle she underwent laparoscopy and a left ovarian cystectomy.

Modifies a noun

• operation: There are some variations in what has to be removed during a cystectomy operation.

Noun used with modifier

• salvage: Salvage cystectomy following RT provides a chance of cure at the time of bladder relapse.

Preposition: in

• patient: CONCLUSIONS: The results of ileal orthotopic neobladder after radical or simple cystectomy in appropriate female patients are satisfactory.

Preposition: for

• cancer: In our opinion we should use bladder substitution as the standard method of diversion after radical cystectomy for bladder cancer.